I have a basic workgroup LAN with a couple NAS folders mapped to my computer, trouble is I’m getting a “network path was not found” error when I try to open the mapped drive. The mapped drive has the address ‘\hostname\folder’ is there a way I can help this process using my Mikrotik gateway - rather than having to map by IP address?
Netbios names won’t go across a VPN unless you use EOIP, but they work on my LAN without any special rules.
not using a VPN, just getting really flakey results
Check your NAS to see if it is set to become a Master Browser, or see if you can enable a WINS server on your LAN.
In general NetBIOS names should work fine on a LAN without much help. But if your NAS and PC’s aren’t broadcasting
the names, the others won’t be able to resolve it.
Works around would be setting static IP’s and static DNS entries, or looking in the scripts section for a DNS/DHCP registration script.
You will know things are working when you can type “ping pc-name” and get a ping response.
When I ping PC ‘R935’ on that PC I get an IPv6 reply but get v4 addresses from other PCs. R935 has v6 disabled.
I never realized names could be pinged, I always used \pcname in file explorer to verify.
Sounds like you have a windows network issue more than a router issue. If you do not use IPv6, I would disable it on everything. Using it in a mixed network never really works well.
I don’t have v6 installed on the RB nor do I have it enabled on any PC, that’s what makes this weird.